Police find Lee Corso's head

ESPN analyst unaware it was missing

Authorities in Corvalis, Ore., according to the Associated Press, have recovered the head of ESPN college football analyst Lee Corso.

Corso, who makes his home in Orlando, was guest speaker Monday night, as he always is once a year, for the Orlando Touchdown Club's annual awards banquet.

He had no idea his "head" had been lifted from the ESPN College GameDay set.

Corso, famous for his mascot head selection when he chooses a winner for ESPN's College GameDay segment each Saturday, took a moment between his cole slaw and barbecued ribs to chat a little bit about the season.

He was made aware of his own missing "head," in Corvalis, where GameDay aired Oregon's victory over Oregon State.

LC: "Somebody stole my head?"

OS: You didn't know about that?

LC: "No, huh, uh."

OS: Yeah, somebody stole the Lee Corso head up in Corvalis.

LC: "Did they? Hmm, I don't know what it is," Corso said. "That's too bad. Well, we couldn't use it anymore anyhow. They can have it.

"I didn't know it was gone. I left right after the game to catch a plane. They'll give it back to us."

Well, they didn't exactly give it back, but police did find the oversized mascot head, which Corso and ESPN used to film a commercial with the Oregon Duck mascot.

The AP reports two men have been cited on theft charges in the case. The $5,000 prop used each week GameDay was reported stolen Saturday after the game.

An Oregon State employee found the prop Monday near his home in Harrisburg, nearly 30 miles from the OSU campus.

State Police said Monday that 26-year-old August Cuneo of Eugene and 25-year-old Alexander Westerberg of Harrisburg were cited Monday afternoon. Troopers say the two men had attended the University of Oregon.